Dialogue

Have you listened to the dialogue twice as suggested? When the speaker suggests the listener is ready to hear the dialogue again, you need to re-run it. Notice that unlike in English and Irish every vowel is pronounced clearly in every position. There are only five, each distinct, A, E I, O and U, each of medium length, sounding ah, eh, ee, awe, oo as in singing exercises. In the four diphthongs written AJ, EJ, OJ and UJ start with the first sound ah, eh, awe or oo and move quickly into the second, so ah-ee, eh-ee, awe-ee and oo-ee. In the two diphthongs written AŬ and EŬ similarly start with the first sound ah or eh and move quickly into the second, so ah-oo, and eh-oo. Finish all six diphthongs cleanly without any drawl.

Say ‘dek ses’ (16) as two separate words, not as in English ‘sixteen‘ which is a single word. Say ‘sesdek‘ as a single word with the emphasis on the last-but-one syllable as normal. Take care not to say ‘sezdek‘

Leciono 3

Leciono 5

Answers are offered below

Did you write out ‘answers’ for Lesson 3? Add your new ones to them now. Has writing answers out paid any dividends? You can now read them back. Did you correct them where necessary? Writing is also visual. You see whether what you have written is correct or not, which will help you now. You will hear hints in the dialogues which you have not seen in the printed text. Make a note of any you hear. Have you written down the numbers up to twenty or even thirty? It is important to see the pattern. Notice there is no change at sixty or eighty! Don’t change the rhythm in speaking. Say ‘DEK DU, DEK TRI’ as separate words, which they are. Say ‘DUdek du, DUdek tri’ etc. Have you written down what year it is now in words? Note the difference from English.

Please attempt the exercises above before consulting the material below